Fasching Ball / Mardi Gras Party!
Date and Time
Saturday Feb 13, 2016
6:00 PM - 11:55 PM CST
Saturday, February 13 from 6pm to Midnight
Location
The Lindenhof,
7601 N. Harker Ave.
Peoria, IL
Fees/Admission
$8 per person. Please bring a snack to share
Website
Contact Information
Jeff Pulfer, 309-444-4656 Jeff.Pulfer44444@gmail.com
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Description
Peoria German American Society to hold its 13th Annual Fasching Ball (Traditional German Costume Ball) on Saturday, February 13th at the Lindenhof, 7601 N. Harker Drive in Peoria, IL.
The event runs from 6:00 pm to midnight and is open to the public. Cost is $8.00 a person. Attendees are encouraged to bring an appetizer to share. There will be a costume contest with prizes. Cash bar.
Area favorites the West MacQueen Street Band will perform from 7pm – 11 pm
Fasching Balls are the German version of Mardi Gras Parties or Karnivals. Fasching is celebrated across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, usually in predominately Catholic areas . Fasching is the last celebration before Lent or as the day is known in the U.S. as Fat Tuesday.
When other countries of the world celebrate “carnival“, in Munich “Fasching“ is celebrated. “Fasching“ comes from the medieval word “vaschnc“, in present-day
German “Fastnacht“ and relates to the fasting period, which begins immediately after Fasching and is what we know as Lent.
Please contact Trudy Smith for more Information 309-697-4195 or info@peoriagermans.net.
More information can be found at: www.peoriagermans.net
